Senior Automation Test Engineer @ Austin, TX

Senior Automation Test Engineer

Location: Austin, TX

Fulltime

$100K - $120K

Job Summary

Senior Automation Test Engineer (L5) with strong QA background and deep automation skills and thought leadership quality. Must have technical and process proficiency in the below;

• Java
• Selenium
• MABL
• Nunit, Postman
• Application backend services & database testing in Oracle/SQL Server
• Agile, Atlassian suite of products, Shift Left, SDET

Years of experience needed

Candidate experience 6-12 years

Technical Skills:

• Years of overall Experience in Automation Testing using Java, Selenium, MABL, NUnit, Postman automation framework.
• Expertise in all QA activities to Propose new solutions in test automation to stakeholders.
• Ability to Implement End-to-End Test Automation and Tools Strategies/Roadmaps.
• Ability to review and provide inputs to the team on test case coverage.
• Exposure in Mentoring and directing technical activities of QA Engineers
• Must have hands on experience in Selenium, MABL and Java.
• Experience in API testing and automating Web service testing.
• Excellent communication, organization and documentation skills
• Experience in: Agile Software Development (typically Scrum, Kanban) and tools (JIRA, Confluence)
• Exposure to TDD, BDD using Cucumber, Gherkins.
• Must posses good design thinking, technical problem-solving skills.
• Should be able to guide and mentor the project team in technical aspects
• Leads by example; providing support and mentoring as needed to ensure sufficient skill, knowledge and effectiveness in the testing process

Process Skills:

• Participate as core member of agile team across all planning, analysis, design, development, and testing activities including participation in all scrum ceremonies.
• Exposure in handling offshore team and willingness to manage an offshore team being at onsite.
• Ensures adherence to quality standards during the test development and implementation.
• Expertized in sending test metrics and should have reporting capabilities for both manual and automation testing.
• Must possess good knowledge on SDLC and STLC life cycle.
• Good Exposure in Test Driven Development and BDD framework.

Behavioral Skills :

• Good exposure in onsite/offshore work model and coordination.
• Strong technical leadership skills to mentor and manage a team.
• Team player rather than an individual contributor
• Customer-oriented and cool-tempered
• At least 4 years of experience including;

• Able to work in Scrum model with offshore coordination
• able to work directly with customer stakeholders
• able to communicate clearly in oral and writing
• identify risks, plan mitigations
• escalate on time to customers and leaders
• good in prioritizing work and time management
• good problem-solving skills, able to think out of the box.